The Lighter Side of Technology

A clickable download link found available at the bottom of President elected Barack Obama’s weekly address. The video download is in the high quality MP4, H.264 format.

We are not sure if this indeed is the sign of YouTube starts rolling out gradually the download capability to other videos or this just is for the inauguration occasion.

Don’t hold your breath, Google certainly does not want to fight another copyright infringement lawsuit. So this capability, once available might only be limited to user generated videos only, that is my guess. Nevertheless, if you are frequent SolSie reader, you don’t have to wait. We shared with you quite long time ago how to add this capability just by using Greasemonkey script on your beloved Firefox. [Via Arstechnica]

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress this morning, as talks continue in Geneva on an Iran Nuclear deal. Netanyahu warned against the negotiations, saying "I can only urge the leaders of the world not to repeat the mistakes of the past." He added, "To defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle, but lose the war." Netanyahu was invited to speak to Congress by the Republican Speaker of the House, John Boehner, who didn't inform the White House. "My speech is not intended to show any disrespect to President Obama or the esteemed office which he holds," Netanyahu said yesterday.

Look closely at the above portrait of Bill Clinton. Specifically, look between the fireplace and the plant, exactly where Bill Clinton’s hand is pointing and Hillary Clinton’s gaze is staring. What you should see is the shadow of a dress, not white and gold, but just plain blue. The artist behind Bill Clinton’s National Portrait Gallery painting says he snuck a reference to Monica Lewinsky’s infamous stained blue dress into the former president’s official portrait.

The painter, Nelson Shanks, told the Philadelphia Daily News that he intentionally placed a shadow from a blue dress that was meant to represent Lewinsky’s into the painting.

Graphene targets cancer stem cellshttp://goo.gl/sddFzr Scientists have used graphene to target and neutralize cancer stem cells while not harming other cells. Using graphene oxide, in modified form of graphene, acts as an anti-cancer agent that selectively targets cancer stem cells (CSCs). In combination with existing treatments, this could eventually lead to tumor shrinkage as well as preventing the spread of cancer and its recurrence after treatment. However, more pre-clinical studies and extensive clinical trials will be necessary to move this forward into the clinic to ensure patient benefit.

Spacewalk Trilogy Complete! NASA astronauts Terry Virts and Barry Wilmore (in this photo) ended their spacewalk at 12:30 p.m. EST today. Virts and Wilmore completed installing 400 feet of cable and several antennas associated with the Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles system known as C2V2. Boeing's Crew Transportation System (CST)-100 and the SpaceX Crew Dragon will use the system in the coming years to rendezvous with the orbital laboratory and deliver crews to the space station. They completed one additional task to retrieve a bag to cover equipment on the outside of the station.

Check out how much each member of NATO spent on its military last year. United States' share is huge. In 2014, the US spent about $582 billion on military expenditure, almost three times more than all the other NATO states combined. Britain captured the second largest share with $55 billion invested in its armed forces. However, this is less than a tenth of what the US spent. Not all NATO members spent the same percentage of GDP on its military. Germany's $44.30 billion expenditure represents just 1.15% of its GDP, while Estonia's $430 million invested in its military accounted for around 2% of its GDP in 2014.